[TheForge] 65 Ton Pickle ;-)

Tue Jul 22 21:20:08 2003

Hey Andy,
The old technician who showed me the building, and told me the story, said
he thought it was a Norden, but the Norden is so complex it seemed like it
was over kill for the barrel realigning operation.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Vida" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 65 Ton Pickle ;-)


> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:57:29 -0700 (PDT), WinnonaD <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the neat story Chuck! A bomb sight, eh?
>
> I wonder if it was a Norden sight.  My father was one of
> something like three or so instrument makers in the USA
> qualified to make the gyros for them.  He was extremely
> busy the first two years of our involvement in the war.
>
> I remember when Avirex had several of them for sale about
> ten years ago.  I regret not having bought one.  The cross
> hairs on every sight came from the head of one woman who
> had very dark, very fine hair of constant diameter over
> its length.  She let 'them' shave her head in the interest
> of serving her country.  Pretty cool.
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